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Chapter 14. Search here, search there.

Zack had only gone a few yards when he realised the others were behind him. He stopped and turned to face them.

"Where are you going?" He asked them.

"With you." Woody replied.

"No, I can't let you. I already got Cody in trouble, I don't want you guys in trouble too. Moseby would kill me"

"And we won't leave you." Bailey said.

"You have too. Cody would never forgive me if something happened to you too." Zack said as he faced Bailey.

"I care a lot about Cody, we all do. And we won't be able to go over to that ship knowing Cody is missing. We are coming along, no arguments." Bailey said. Zack looked from one to the other.

"Okay, but we have to be quick." Zack said.

"And just where do you think you lot are going?" Mr Moseby called as he noticed them move away.

"I have to find Cody." Zack said.

"For all we know he might have already left, you all must leave as well." Moseby said.

"I can't until I know for sure." Zack said. Moseby spoke into the radio asking all crew at muster stations to check if Cody had gone through but all replies came back negative. He looked at Zack.

"I can't let you stay on board. It's my duty to make sure you are safe, all of you." Moseby said.

"I don't care. I have to find him." Zack said walking away. Moseby followed after him. He gently placed his hand on Zack's shoulder.

"Zack, I may not be your parent, but while on board I am your guardian. I can't force you to leave but I must insist that you do."

"I know you are just looking out for us Mr Moseby, but it's my fault Cody is missing."

"What makes you think that?"

"We had an argument, and we said a few things, I said a few things and he stormed off."

"And you think it's your fault? Zack, you may cause havoc on a daily basis, but it was an argument. That's all."

"But I know my brother, he probably went off somewhere to teach me a lesson." Zack said.

"Look, you know I would prefer you to leave but I have to admit, I am worried about him too. We have the best chance of finding him. We are the only ones who know him."

"Can we stay then?" Bailey asked from behind them.

"No, you three must leave." Mr Moseby said

"The more of us looking, the more chance we have of finding him." Bailey said.

"I can't let you." Mr Moseby said.

"We are staying." Bailey replied putting her hand on her hips.

"Okay, you two can stay but London, you have to leave. Mr Tipton would kill me if anything happened to you."

"I can't go while you are helping. I want to help." London said.

"We will be fine. Be our lookout on the rescue ship. If you see Cody, get word back to us." Zack said. London insisted on staying but Moseby escorted her to the side and made Kirby take her off the ship. He returned to the teens.

"Okay, now what?" Moseby said.

The search group all assembled in the reception area. Mr Moseby had got a plan of the ship and they were looking over it.

"Surely he had to hear the alarm." Bailey said.

"If he did he would be out there, getting on the boats, or even looking for us. No, I have a gut feeling that for some reason he can't hear it, or can't get to us." Zack said.

"Well we have checked all the areas he is likely to go." Bailey said.

"What about the places he is unlikely to go. If he wanted to hide from you, he would go to a place you would never think he would go." Moseby suggested.

"Like?" Woody asked.

"The girls locker room, the basketball court. Places like that." Zack suggested.

"Kirby to Moseby." The radio crackled. Kirby had gone over onto the other ship with London, the group looked at each other with hope.

"Moseby here."

"No sign of him here sir. There are a few crew left to come over to the ship but we have checked everywhere, he isn't here." Kirby said.

"Okay thanks Kirby." Moseby said he looked to Zack who looked upset. "If he isn't on the ship and he didn't appear for the alarm I would hate to admit it but he could be hurt somewhere."

"Like near the fires." Bailey said.

"The marshalls were around there and didn't report anyone. Maybe he is somewhere else." Moseby said.

"Okay we need to check these places, the gym, the sports hall." Zack said pointing out the places on the map.

"We must stay together as much as we can. We head to the gym and along the way we check every room and corridor." Moseby said. The group agreed and headed out. They went deck by deck looking in rooms, along corridors, in cupboards but still no Cody. The Fire marshals had been giving Moseby updates on the ship and had mentioned that the ship was starting to take in water along some of the lower decks. The marshals had also agreed to help look for Cody before leaving the ship. They had got to the sauna and lower deck gym. They walked in and noticed it was empty. The group were getting tired and stopped to rest. Zack sat down on a bench while the others looked over the map deciding where to go next.

"What do you think ha Zack?" They asked. They looked over to him. He was staring into space, not hearing the conversations that had gone on. Bailey sat beside him.

"Zack?" She said. He snapped out of it and looked at them.

"How could I let this happen?" he said in a soft voice.

"What?" Bailey asked him.

"He is my little brother, I am meant to protect him. And now here we are on a possibly sinking ship trying to find him. I failed."

"No you didn't. We are going to find him." Bailey said.

"He wouldn't have stormed off if I hadn't have called him stupid and childish."

"People say things they don't mean in fights, and Cody knows that. He probably forgave you hours ago, he isn't one to hold grudges." Moseby said. "You may annoy your brother at times, me as well. But no one blames you for this."

"I do." Zack said.

"Well that isn't going to help him is it." Bailey snapped. "We have to figure out where he might be and sitting here feeling sorry for yourselves isn't going to help."

"Okay. You are right. Let's get going." Zack said standing up.

"Where? We have run out of places to look." Woody said.

"If Cody wanted to hide from me he might do something totally against his character, like something that could get him into trouble. Going places he shouldn't go." Zack said.

"Like where?" Bailey said. Zack stood there thinking for a moment. All of a sudden he felt like a light had been switched on inside him. He looked up at the others.

"I think I know."

Zack began running through the halls of the ship followed by the others. He dashed from door to door looking for something.

"Where are you going?" Bailey asked.

"I am looking for.........no not it." Zack said as he tried door after door.

"Where?" Moseby asked. Zack stopped and looked at him.

"Just after we got on the ship we went exploring. We got down to the low decks when I found a door that was unlocked, it led to a corridor. Cody didn't want to go down it but I dragged him down. Along this corridor were rooms, empty rooms that looked like they were stuck in a time loop or something. Not sure what they were used for but Cody got a kick out of them. They had old chairs, tables, books and smelt like a museum. Cody loved them. He...........oh god how could I forget..........he mentioned that he thought they would be a great place to hide from me or you." Zack described.

"Can you remember where they were?" Bailey asked.

"Not sure, we explored a lot that day." Zack said.

"It sounds like the old brig." Moseby said.

"There are actual brigs on ships? I thought it was just in Star Trek." Woody said.

"No Woody, that is actually true. We have one on board. What Zack is describing sounds like the old brig. It was a corridor with small rooms, in them were chairs, tables and books. Sometimes a bed, but these were removed before the whole area was abandoned." Moseby said.

"But why was it abandoned?" Bailey asked.

"For many reasons, for one it was too deep into ship, many people believed those that were down there while a ship was in trouble, would be in danger. And secondly, a crew member died one day down there and no one likes going down there, they claim to see his ghost." Moseby said.

"Cool." Woody said.

"How did he die?" Bailey asked.

"He was found shot. No one caught who did it." Moseby said.

"Wait, you said someone down there would be in danger on a sinking ship." Zack pointed out. Moseby opened the map and found the corridor.

"We must hurry." He said.

Guys, I know you are itching to know what happened to Cody and I promise it won't be long before you know. Next chapter will reveal more.